Eleven comfort dogs, all goldens, from The Lutheran Church Charities' K-9 Comfort Dogs organization headed to Orlando on Monday in the wake of the Pulse nightclub shooting Sunday morning, in which 50 people were killed -- including the suspected gunman -- and 53 others were wounded.

The dogs came from seven different states -- Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Nebraska Tennessee, South Carolina and Texas -- and are being cared for by 19 volunteers.

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Blue Star kissing a dog.

“Dogs can help,” Tim Hetzner, president of Lutheran Church Charities told The Huffington Post. “They’re like a furry counsel. They’re not judgmental and they’re good listeners, which is good because talking is an important part of healing process. It allows people to process what happened.”

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Girls snuggle with a few comfort dogs in Orlando.